The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-04-24
STATE NEWS.

The Goldsboro Messenger says
Rev. Thcs. Dixon, Jr., has accept
ed the call from the Second Baptist
church, of Raleigh, and will, We
learn, preach his first Sunday in
May. Our Baptist friends part with
their popular pastor with deep ree
gret and our citizens generally wish
him continued success in the minis.
try.
The Morganton Star says; Mai.
j. w. Wilson, whose well merited
reputation as an expert railroad
engineer is known II roughoat the
United States and Europe, passed
over the proposed route oftne South,
ern & Western Air. Line Road from
to MoFganton, on his way to
Shelby last week, Tor the first time.
Much had been told him of the level
country from the Burke line to
Shelby +; buthko the Queen of Shes.
ba, when she surveyed the grandete<
of Solomon's vast dominions: the
half had not been told him.
The Charlotte Chronicle says ::
Groom's tobacco warehouse and Mrs.
Bells millinery store in High Point,
were destroyed by fire yesterday
morning. The fire Was discovered
at one o'clock in the warehouse, and
the bdilding, together with its con-
tents Of tobacco, was totally destroy
ed. An adjoining building owned
by Mr.. Groom and occupied by Mrs.
Boil, as u millinery store, was also
destroyed, but a portion of Mrs.
Bells stock of goods was saved,
though in a damaged condition.
The stock of tobacco in the ware-
house was valued at one thousand
dollars.
The Salisbury Watchmam says:
We understand that all trains will
run from Paint Rock via Statesville
to Charlotte after the first of May,
instead of coming direct to Sails
bury, and that a mixed train will
ruin from here to StAtesviIle.-A
merchant in this place, who deals
in provisions, was heard to say, this
week, that nearly all the country
bacon bought at his house this year
was bought from negroes. He sold
to gentleman in Concord q very
nice lot of hams made by darkey
of this county, an old plantation
servant of the late John Lyerly.
We are not informed whether this
old dal key patroniZes the guano
business or not; but being of the
,'old issue" it is probable that he
does not.
The Wilmington Star says The
small river steamer Delta was to-
tally wrecked by the explosion of
her boiler last Monday night about
four miles above Point Caswell on
Back River.
Lord Spaarman, the colored fire.
man, was blown into the woods
about forty feet and instantly kill
ed.
Capt. J. D. Keer, the owner and
master of the steamer, was severely
bruised about the legs, but none of
his bones broken.
Frank Adrews, 'colored boat hand, |
was scalded very seriously.
Carolina Newkirk, colored, was
severely scalded
Gus Moore, the colored pilot, was
struck on the head and buised and |
slightly scalded.
The FIR, nklin Press: Mr.. H. S.
Lucas, proprietor Of the celebrated !
corundum mines, near Cullts ia, in
this county, has lately erected a
large three-story building, two miles
below his mines, and the corundum
will now be conveyed through wood
en- cutters to this building, wh.re it
will be washed, crushed and pre-,
pared for shipment.
This is said to be the largest cor
und lm mine in the United States.
We regret to learn that Mr.. Caleb
G >nley, of this county, was thrown
from mule last week, and pain
fully hurt, and that little boy who
was riding behind HIM had his
thigh broken by the aceident.-Dr,
W. 0. Patton, Representative of
and lately appointed as
U. S. Consul, was married to Miss
Lester, an accomplished young
lady, at Murphy, last week, as we